Luís Enrique Peñalver Pereira[a] (Spanish pronunciation: [lwis enˈrike peɲalˈβeɾ]; born 10 February 1996) is a Spanish badminton player.[1] The Toledo-born, represented Spain competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] He was a part of the Spanish national junior team that won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the mixed team event.[3] In 2017, he won his first senior title at the Romanian International tournament in the men's singles event.[4]
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Luís Enrique Peñalver Pereira | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toledo, Spain | 10 February 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 47 (24 January 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 79 (26 December 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Achievements
editMediterranean Games
editMen's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria | Pablo Abián | 13–21, 20–22 | Silver | [5] |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria |
Pablo Abián | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel |
21–14, 19–21, 16–21 | Silver | [6] |
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
editMen's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2017 | Romanian International | Pierrick Cajot | 21–15, 21–17 | Winner | [7] |
2017 | Spanish International | Yu Igarashi | 13–21, 14–21 | Runner-up | [8] |
2018 | Norwegian International | Rasmus Messerschmidt | 12–21, 16–21 | Runner-up | [9] |
2018 | Welsh International | Alex Lane | 21–19, 22–20 | Winner | [10] |
2019 | Turkey Open | Brian Yang | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner | [11] |
2021 | Mexican International | Luis Montoya | 21–10, 21–12 | Winner | [12] |
2022 | Maldives International | Misha Zilberman | 21–7, 11–21, 21–18 | Winner | |
2022 | Peru Challenge | Jason Ho-Shue | 19–21, 23–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peñalver and the second or maternal family name is Pereira.
References
edit- ^ "Players: Luís Enrique Peñalver". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Enrique Peñalver, el rey del volante" (in Spanish). Avance Deportivo. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Spain crowned European champions". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Luis Enrique Peñalver, campeón en Rumanía" (in Spanish). ABC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "El aragonés Pablo Abián revalida el oro en bádminton en los Juegos del Mediterráneo" (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Williams, George (27 June 2022). "Abián and Peñalver give Spain a silver medal in badminton in Oran and Metreveli secures a medal in wrestling". Sportsfinding.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Doblete de futuro en el Internacional de Rumanía". Espana Badminton (in Spanish). 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Kike Peñalver, subcampeón en el Spanish Open". La Liga Sports (in Spanish). 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ van Daal, Mireille (12 November 2018). "Two titles in a row for the Danish players". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Peñalver y Azurmendi ganan el Internacional de Gales". Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Luis Enrique Peñalver gana en Turquía su tercer título internacional". EFE (in Spanish). 22 December 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Culmina el Mexican International Challenge de Bádminton 2021". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
External links
edit- Luís Enrique Peñalver at BWFBadminton.com
- Luís Enrique Peñalver at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Luís Enrique Peñalver at Olympedia